Six dammarane-type triterpenoids, dammar-24-en-3β-ol (1), 3β-epicabraleahydroxy lactone (2), (E)-25-hydroperoxydammar-23-en-3β,20-diol (3), dammar-24-en-3β,20-diol (4), 3β-acetyl-20S,24S-epoxy-25-hydroxydammarane (5), and 3β-epiocotillol (6) were isolated from the methanolic extract of the bark of Aglaia elliptica. The chemical structure were identified on the basis of spectroscopic evidence and by comparison with those spectra previously reported. Compounds 1 – 6 were isolated first time from this plant. Compounds 1 – 6, along with a known synthetic analog, cabraleone (7) were evaluated their cytotoxic activity against P-388 murine leukimia cells in vitro. Among those compounds 3β-acetyl-20S,24S-epoxy-25-hydroxydammarane (5) showed strongest cytotoxic activity with IC₅₀ value of 8.02 ± 0.06 µM.
Aglaia* ; In Vitro Techniques ; Leukemia* ; Meliaceae ; Methanol ; Plants ; Structure-Activity Relationship*

Eight cytotoxic constituents, consisting of six triterpenoids, cabralealactone (1), cabraleadiol (2), prototiamin A (3), 23-desmethyllimocin B (5), melianodiol (7) and indicalilacol (8) along with one limonoid, neemfruitins A (4) and one protolimonoid, protoxylocarpin G (6), were isolated from the extract of n-hexane of the stembark of Chisocheton pentandrus. The chemical structures were identified on the basis of spectroscopic evidence and compared to previously reported spectra. These isolated compounds appear for the first time in the plant. Compounds 1 - 8 were evaluated for their cytotoxic effect against MCF-7 breast cancer lines in vitro.Among the isolated compounds, melianodiol (7) showed the strongest cytotoxic activity with IC 50 values of 16.8µM

Eight cytotoxic constituents, consisting of six triterpenoids, cabralealactone (1), cabraleadiol (2), prototiamin A (3), 23-desmethyllimocin B (5), melianodiol (7) and indicalilacol (8) along with one limonoid, neemfruitins A (4) and one protolimonoid, protoxylocarpin G (6), were isolated from the extract of n-hexane of the stembark of Chisocheton pentandrus. The chemical structures were identified on the basis of spectroscopic evidence and compared to previously reported spectra. These isolated compounds appear for the first time in the plant. Compounds 1 - 8 were evaluated for their cytotoxic effect against MCF-7 breast cancer lines in vitro.Among the isolated compounds, melianodiol (7) showed the strongest cytotoxic activity with IC 50 values of 16.8µM